Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Meet Twitter's Mr. Fix-It: Ali Rowghani - WSJ.com

Twitter's earnings announcement this afternoon is going to be a major milestone; its stock is already ~45% off its December 2013 high

"While Twitter has infiltrated mass media, the service has yet to crack mainstream adoption. Mr. Rowghani, who has little product development experience, must find a way to simplify the service. He also must stem a stream of product-team departures.

His first report card will be out on Tuesday when Twitter discloses first-quarter results. In February, Twitter reported its quarterly revenue more than doubled to $242.7 million, but its stock tumbled after disclosing the fourth consecutive quarter of slowing user growth."